Foot-warmer attachment for radiators.



I No. 889,689. v PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

J. E. JONES.

FOOT WARMER ATTACHMENT FOR RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

JAMES E. JONES, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

FOOT-WARMER ATTACI-MENT FOR RADIATORS.

Toall whom it may concern:

Beit known that. 1, James E. JONES, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in'the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Warmer Attachments for Radiators, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

ThlS invention relates to lmprovements in foot-warmers for steam-heating systems and is especiall useful as an attachment for 'ot water circulating system in close proximsteam and ot-water radiators;

My obiect is to connect a hollow, but com-' arative y shallow foot-rest in the steam or ity to the radiator, and in such manner that the steam or hot water may ,be caused to circulate through the foot-rest independently of the radiator for the purpose of producing a more rapid radiation in the foot-rest than would be possible if the steam were allowed to circulate entirely through the radiator at the same time, thereby not only economizing "radiation for warming the feet, the QlICll-u i to - the radiator.

'in steam when such heating agent is used,

but also producing an almostinstantaneous lation through the foot-warmer being much more direct and rapid than through the loops of the radiator proper.

= Other objects and uses will appear inthe following description;

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator and my improved footwarming device attached thereto, or rather as connected in the circulating system. Fig.

2 is an en'd view of the apparatus seen in Fig.

1. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views taken.

respectively on lines 33, Fig. 2, and 4-4,

.Fig. 3, except that the valves 7 and 8 are.

shown as connected in the conduits 5 and 6 near the foot rest instead .of in zthe upflow:

return pipes,-aand a as shown in Fis.1and2.

I n demonstrating the practicability of my invention, I have shown an ordinary radiator 'A as provided with the usual flow and return pipes a' and a and valves .b for controlling the inflow and return of thehot water or steam to and from A hollow foot-rest 1 is shown as' supported upon suitable standards or brackets -2 directly in front of and in close prox- 'imity to the radiator, and preferably consists of an elongated hollow casting disposed in Patented. June 2, 1908 application filed December 27, 1905. Serial No. 293,462.

a substantially horizontal pos ion l e wise of the radiator and asvprovided with an inlet 3 and an outlet ,4-, the inlet 3 being connected by a pipe 5 to the:

uplflow' pipe a below the valve ,b w

ile the outlet -4- is connected by a pipe.v

the valve b".' -l-is, therefore, connected in a steam or;

theradiator, but separately therefrom, the.

pipes or conduits '5 and 6 being pro-H vided with separate valves -7 and. 8' to allow the heating agent, as steam or hot water to circulate through the foot-rest 1 independently of the means for con-' trolling the circulation through the radiamy invention for the reason that by connect,- ingthe foot-warmer 1 to the same up'-' This is an important feature of? flow and return pipes to which the radiator connected, but below the radiator valves b and b the latter valves may re main closed, while the valves controll' the 8 circulation of steam or hot waterwthroug the hollow foot rest1-may be opened, thereby' i establishing direct circulation of the live steam or hot water through the com aratively shallow foot-rest, which is there ore more 8 rapidly heated than would be possible if the larger art of the steam or hot water were pllowe to circulate through the radiator 00 s.

t is well known that the circulation of the 9 heating agent through a greater or less number of loops of the ordinary radiator is necessarily retarded by the Water of-condensation and air in such loops which it: is necessary to displace before the steam or hot water can 9 enter and therefore a' considerable period vof time (lapses before the radiator loops are sufficiently warm to radiate heat, and by connecting hollow, comparatively shallow footrest in the system so as to be controlled sepa- 1 rately from the valves which control the circulation of the heating agent through the radiatorait is ievident that a foot warmer is provided which is at once available and effectrib 9 to retain the foot upon the rest. As a further means of increasing the elficiency of the foot-warmer, I provide its'interior with --7 and -8- are opened, thereby causing a dir ect circulation of the heatin agent through the foot-warmer 1-, w ieh, of course, is rapidly heated.

When it is desired to heat the radiator it is simply necessary to open the valves b and b' to allow the heating agent to circulate through the radiator loops. It is obvious, however thatin some instances as shown in Fig. 3, I may refer to. place the valves 7 and S- in t e conduits5 and-6 be tween the upflow and return pipes co and a/ respectively and the adjacent ends of the foot-warmer-1instead of placing such valves -7 and --8 directly in the pipes -u and (L-, which would enable me to shut oil the circulation through the foot- Witnesses:

warmer and to maintain a circulation through the radiator, or vice versa, or the circulating medium might be allowed to pass through both the radiator and foot-warme simultaneously.

What I claim: The combination with a radiator having pipesconnected into its opposite ends, valves in said radiator pi es, a foot-warmer 'com- 40 prising a hollow siell, said' shell provided with an upper and lower wall connected by internal partitions alternately s aced from the opposite ends of the shell,s'ai partitinns separating the parts of a continuous assage through said shell, pipes connecting t e ends I of said internal passage at the diagonally opposite corners of said shell with said radiator pipes beyond the valves of the latter, valves ipes whereby the heating medium may h through the radiator or through .the foot warmer and feet for supporting said shell above the floor and with said walls in inclined positions.

Inwitne'ss whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of December 1905.

JAMES E. JONES H. E. OIIAsn, M. M. No'r'r.

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